The Season XIII WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open resumed on Friday with Day 1B of the Main Event. A total of 291 entries took to the felt and after 10 levels of play, 94 of them bagged up and will join the 125 Day 1A survivors to play on Day 2. The total field size is currently 648 entries with 219 players remaining, and it is expected the field will surpass 1,000 entries tomorrow.
Leading the Day 1B bunch is Joelle Guarino (pictured) with 284,100, good for the overall chip lead. Also bagging big stacks were Travell Thomas (236,400), Sean Posner (209,000), Gregory Anda (201,100), Champions Club member Anthony Zinno (188,400), Brian Altman (172,300), Champions Club member Taylor von Kriegenbergh (162,500), Josh Arieh (160,800), and recent PCA Main Event Champion Kevin Schulz (156,500).
Surviving Champions Club members include Shawn Cunix (136,900), Noah Schwartz (127,200), Andy Frankenberger (125,400), and Jordan Cristos (108,300). Other survivors include Jacob Bazeley (117,800), Jonathan Duhamel (92,100), James Mackey (86,700), Paul Volpe (82,600), and BLUFF.com WPT Ones To Watch Vlad Mezheritsky (52,100).
Among those who failed to survive the day include former NFL player Richard Seymour, Darryll Fish, Eugene Todd, Esther Taylor-Brady, Blair Hinkle, reigning WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja, and Champions Club members Matt Waxman, Tony Ruberto, and Tuan Le.
Day 1C is scheduled to start tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:00 noon ET. Prizepool and payout information should be available once registration closes around 8:00 pm, so be sure to tune back in tomorrow for updates on all of the action.